I am typing this on my brand new (to me) macbook pro.
Can you tell? Do these sentences look tragically over-priced?
I bought it with part of an insurance settlement I received from being in a car wreck a few months ago.
I got whiplash, a concussion, 6 weeks of free massage like treatments, a lot of new persistent pain to add to the old, and this very fancy computer.
Not too shabby.
My intention was to write on here as the first thing I did with this computer. And it's almost the first thing I did.
The first thing I actually did was fruitlessly type various words into google to try to figure out why my solar power in the van has gone kaput all of a sudden.
Which I think makes this a good time to talk about the van. Because I haven't yet and it's a big deal-ish type of a thing.
I have named her the Existential Mystery Machine (and then added "of America" so that I could call her EMMA, which was my grandmother's name).
She was born in the year of our lord, nineteen hundred and ninety eight. She's 23, old enough to drink, young enough to get me into lots of trouble.
She is already fully converted. There is a couch which turns into a bed, a removable table, a fridge, a microwave, solar which (if I can get it to work again) is enough to power a laptop and a hotspot router and charge my phone and cook a tasty treat in my instant pot all at the same time. But I also have a gas powered stove. And hot water and a shower head and a working toilet.
Best part, in my opinion, is that she fits into a regular parking space. Which helps for when I am in cities.
My brother found her in a junkyard and replaced the engine and did a whole bunch of mechanical type work and other things that I would in no way be able to do myself. That's what made her affordable. The inside is all functional but a little old and dirty, so I will reupholster and repaint and etc. But I am fairly confident that even without doing anything, I could sell it right now for $4,000 more than what I paid for it.
Which is a thought I think a lot. Especially during mornings like this where my brother (a mechanic) and I are both googling the morning away and realizing that solar power is very complicated and we don't know what went wrong.
But golly, I also just freak the fuck out about it sometimes. About the fact that in just 8 or 9 weeks, I will be living in it full-time.
Mostly I think my concern is income.
Well, also breaking down in the middle of nowhere.
But the latter is resolvable if the former is secure.
My goal is to diversify income. A mixture of both passive and active.
Writing and photography are the main goal. But we know how my confidence ebbs and flows with that. But I am feeling more and more ready to fully throw myself into those things and living as a nomad might open up some opportunities.
I also am looking at delivering freight. Seems like it's good money and should at least pay for my gas to wherever I'm going. And since a gig like that is freelance, I would be able to choose where it is I go.
And I am looking at other gigs. Data entry and light admin work. Stuff I can do remotely and on my own hours.
Maybe temp jobs at different cities too.
There are options.
Once I am on the road, I think I would like to find places to stay for a month or two (or more) at a time. Get to know a place a little. But who knows how it will play out in reality.
A reality that is fast approaching.
I didn't mention yet that this computer arrived in the mail on Tuesday afternoon. But it has just sat in the box until this morning (Friday).
I couldn't bring myself to open it.
I felt anxious about it. Like panicky almost.
And I think it's because now that it's here, it is time to get to work.
But I don't feel ready.
I never feel ready.
But here we go nonetheless.
9:14 a.m. - 2021-07-30
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